Raynon Chiu-Ming Yu Tang Tea House

At Design Interviews

Interview with Raynon Chiu : Frank Scott: What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design?. Raynon Chiu : The tea house uses Chinese traditional elements, which combines the raw material, and demonstrates the Chinese culture more deeply. .Frank Scott: What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve?. Raynon Chiu : The designer adds various of natural points, such as, stone, wood and craft materials in such traditional tea house, which can lead the heart back to the pure mind. .Frank Scott: What are your future plans for this award winning design?. Raynon Chiu : Tea House opened for customers .Frank Scott: How long did it take you to design this particular concept?. Raynon Chiu : Half a month .Frank Scott: Why did you design this particular concept? Was this design commissioned or did you decide to pursuit an inspiration?. Raynon Chiu : N/A .Frank Scott: Is your design being produced or used by another company, or do you plan to sell or lease the production rights or do you intent to produce your work yourself?. Raynon Chiu : Used by SHENZHEN MING YU TANG CAR SERVICE LTD .Frank Scott: What made you design this particular type of work?. Raynon Chiu : the designer adds various of natural points, such as, stone, wood and craft materials in such traditional tea house, which can lead the heart back to the pure mind. Exaggerated waterscape is not only the visual impact on beauty, but also the art exhibition, decorated with small bridges and lanes. The primitive blocks of stone, the rich and powerful Chinese painting as well the elegant waterscape and wood grid show the perfect combination of traditional elements with modern materials , which seems concealed and describes the charm incisively and vividly. .Frank Scott: Where there any other designs and/or designers that helped the influence the design of your work?. Raynon Chiu : N/A .Frank Scott: Who is the target customer for his design?. Raynon Chiu : The people who are interested in tea and Chinese culture .Frank Scott: What sets this design apart from other similar or resembling concepts?. Raynon Chiu : N/A .Frank Scott: How did you come up with the name for this design? What does it mean?. Raynon Chiu : Ming Yu Tang, by Chinese, means to drink tea, and it is a tea house. .Frank Scott: Which design tools did you use when you were working on this project?. Raynon Chiu : CAD
Sketch .Frank Scott: What is the most unique aspect of your design?. Raynon Chiu : The use of the Chinese elements .Frank Scott: Who did you collaborate with for this design? Did you work with people with technical / specialized skills?. Raynon Chiu : N/A .Frank Scott: What is the role of technology in this particular design?. Raynon Chiu : We just use the normal technology such as, wood grid, partition and enclosed space to describe the typical Chinese style .Frank Scott: Is your design influenced by data or analytical research in any way? What kind of research did you conduct for making this design?. Raynon Chiu : N/A .Frank Scott: What are some of the challenges you faced during the design/realization of your concept?. Raynon Chiu : How to achicve the best results with the limited budget .Frank Scott: How did you decide to submit your design to an international design competition?. Raynon Chiu : We wanna more people to know our culture and our design .Frank Scott: What did you learn or how did you improve yourself during the designing of this work?. Raynon Chiu : More deeply understand the Chinese culture and know more how to take advantage of the Chinese elements .Frank Scott: Any other things you would like to cover that have not been covered in these questions?. Raynon Chiu : N/A .